Lourens Adriaanse, Ryan Kankowski and Charl McLeod will play off the bench.

"It's going to be as close as it gets to a dress rehearsal," White said.

"I'd like to pick a team that I'd like to start against the Bulls," he said of their Round One encounter of the competition proper, on February 15.

"I'll give them as much game-time as I can in the first 40 or 50 minutes.

"Then if I've seen enough of what I need to, then I'll look to give other guys a run.

"But the quicker I can get cohesion and group work going the better it will be."

White admitted injuries could be a factor going forward.

"What we want is a situation where we hopefully come through this Friday's game unscathed, but if they don't then we've at least used the two warm-up games to give other guys an opportunity to get game-time, and they're ready to step in if need be."